Esna
إسنا
A city built by the early Copts, with farms, orchards and remains of Coptic buildings, known for grapes whose raisins are carried across Egypt. 1
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Esna is a town built by the early Copts. It has farms, orchards and remains of Coptic building. It is known for the grapes from which raisins are made, carried to all the land of Egypt. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 129
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.129
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islam.museum contributors. “Esna”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/esna/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.